The NPR On-Air Challenge Word Puzzle: Find the Name of a Famous Person or Thing using the clues!

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Every answer today is the name of a famous person or thing in which the last two letters of the first half are the same as the first two letters of the second.

 

Ex. Star of TV's "Murder, She Wrote"  --  Angela Lansbury

 





1. Composer of "Rhapsody in Blue" and "An American in Paris"

2. Spanish opera singer who was one of the Three Tenors

3. Singer nicknamed "Mr. Las Vegas" on account of his long residency there

4. Nickname for Delaware on account of its order in ratifying the Constitution

5. Baseball program for kids

6. Old ___ (large canine breed)

7. Symbol for our neighbor to the north

8. July 1 -- when our neighbor to the north celebrates its independence

9. French composer of "Nocturnes" and "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"

10. New York locale where many immigrants arrived in the 19th century

 

 


 

 

 

Answer Keys

    1.     George Gershwin

    2.     Plácido Domingo

    3.     Wayne Newton

    4.     The First State

    5.     Little League

    6.     English Sheepdog    

    7.     Maple leaf

    8.     Canada Day  

    9.     Claude Debussy 

    10.  Ellis Island

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